The use of serial βHCG to plan surgical evacuation of retained placenta in a case of placenta accreta

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 295-297

  Kulkarni, Aparna ^a   Draycott, Tim ^a  

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HCG; Misoprostol; Placenta accreta

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; CIPROFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; METHOTREXATE; MISOPROSTOL; OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; AMNIOTOMY; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CASE REPORT; DELIVERY; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INFECTION; LABOR INDUCTION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PLACENTA ACCRETA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING; BLOOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETAINED PLACENTA;

ADULT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; PLACENTA ACCRETA; PLACENTA, RETAINED; PREGNANCY; PREOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 22244447781     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767050500072565     Document Type: Article

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